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stot

or stott (stŏt)
intr.v. stot·ted, stot·ting, stots or stotts
To leap or bound high in the air with the legs straight, as do certain antelopes and deer.
[Scots and northern English dialectal, to bounce; akin to Dutch stoten, to push, thrust, and German stossen; akin to to push, knock.]
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stot

(stɒt)
n
1. (Animals) a bullock
2. (Animals) a castrated male ox
[Old English]

stot

(stɒt; Scottish stot)
vb, stots, stotting or stotted
1. to bounce or cause to bounce
2. (intr) Also: stotter to stagger
[of obscure origin]
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stot


Past participle: stotted
Gerund: stotting

Imperative
stot
stot
Present
I stot
you stot
he/she/it stots
we stot
you stot
they stot
Preterite
I stotted
you stotted
he/she/it stotted
we stotted
you stotted
they stotted
Present Continuous
I am stotting
you are stotting
he/she/it is stotting
we are stotting
you are stotting
they are stotting
Present Perfect
I have stotted
you have stotted
he/she/it has stotted
we have stotted
you have stotted
they have stotted
Past Continuous
I was stotting
you were stotting
he/she/it was stotting
we were stotting
you were stotting
they were stotting
Past Perfect
I had stotted
you had stotted
he/she/it had stotted
we had stotted
you had stotted
they had stotted
Future
I will stot
you will stot
he/she/it will stot
we will stot
you will stot
they will stot
Future Perfect
I will have stotted
you will have stotted
he/she/it will have stotted
we will have stotted
you will have stotted
they will have stotted
Future Continuous
I will be stotting
you will be stotting
he/she/it will be stotting
we will be stotting
you will be stotting
they will be stotting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been stotting
you have been stotting
he/she/it has been stotting
we have been stotting
you have been stotting
they have been stotting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been stotting
you will have been stotting
he/she/it will have been stotting
we will have been stotting
you will have been stotting
they will have been stotting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been stotting
you had been stotting
he/she/it had been stotting
we had been stotting
you had been stotting
they had been stotting
Conditional
I would stot
you would stot
he/she/it would stot
we would stot
you would stot
they would stot
Past Conditional
I would have stotted
you would have stotted
he/she/it would have stotted
we would have stotted
you would have stotted
they would have stotted
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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